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Frankenstein

Summary: Essay discusses if Frankenstein or the monster was more humane.

In the book Frankenstein, by Mary Shelly, the issue of humanity is a reoccurring theme throughout the book. The monster in the story is thought to be evil and inhuman when in reality it is the man who created him that is the evil one. Produced in a world that hates and fears him, the monster is only trying to have people understand him. He may use violence but it is the only way he knows to fulfill his revenge and let his emotions out.
Frankenstein was a man who grew up surrounded by love and family. His fascination with the spark of human life feed his desire to build the perfect human. Even with all the love he received throughout his life, he was unable to give any of it to the thing that he created. After being abandoned by his creator and rejected by society the...